Archives for August 2015

In spite of previous reports that had the PBR staying with Thomas Mack until 2024 a brand new press release on the PBRs home site was issued stating that the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) have signed a multi-year agreement making the new Las Vegas Arena the long-term home of the PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals. The event is scheduled for its first event to take place at the new state-of-the-art, 20,000-seat indoor arena November 2-6, 2016. The Las Vegas Arena is a $375 million joint venture between MGM Resorts International and AEG who are both longstanding partners of the PBR. The PBR has been at the Thomas Mack Center since 1999 when they moved from the MGM Grand Garden Arena where the very first PBR World Finals was held in 1994.

PBR CEO Sean Gleason said “The new Las Vegas Arena is a state-of-the-art facility with world-class amenities and we will remember our history-making years at Thomas & Mack fondly, but we owe it to our fans and bull riders to create the next chapter in a venue that will enhance the PBR World Finals experience for everyone. We are excited to bring the ultimate event of the fastest-growing sport in America to the newest venue in Las Vegas.”

Find all your PBR Built Ford Tough tickets here for their all of their upcoming events! This year’s 2015 event is still slated to take place at Thomas & Mack Center for one final time fans will see the “Toughest Event on Earth” take place as bull riders battle it out as they celebrate the 17th year with several new names – Joao Ricardo Vieira, Matt Triplett, Kaique Pacheco, and Nathan Schaper – in the top slots all hoping to claim the last title won at T&M they will have to end the streak set by the current champ Silvano Alves. He is hoping to end things at Thomas & Mack by being the only four-time World Champion and surpass $6 million in earnings, Alves is currently three-time PRB World Champion and he hopes to accomplish this feat something no other PBR has ever done before him.

The Smith Center is bringing you four smash hits that focus on family time and comes in the form of shows that will delight kids and adults alike! Two timeless classics include, The Cat in the Hat, Clifford the Big Red Dog, as well as, Room on the Broom and the brank new hit, Elephant and Piggy. First in this delightful family fun run of classic shows you have the magical and musically delightful, Room on the Broom, an adaption from the book written by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler playing at the Smith Center on Wednesday, October 21 at 6:30 P.M. The Cat in the Hat, a story adults and children know and love playing on Wednesday, January 13th at 6:30 P.M. this sensational adaption is of course from the world famous De. Suess stories of the tall Cat wearing the, red-and-white striped hat and brings some of the most memorable mischief in the history of the world to Sally and her little brother’s life. Find tickets to all of these family fun-filled activities on our easy to use website and get tickets here to see these sensational shows! On Wednesday, February 17th at 6:30 P.M. you and your family can watch Elephant & Piggie’s, We Are In a Play! performance as Elephant Gerald, the formally attired elephant who is prone to fits of melancholy and Piggy a perky, full of fun well piggy perform the brand-new musical that you and your family are sure to enjoy. Don’t miss out as Clifford the Big Red Dog- Live comes to The Smith Center on Wednesday, March 30th at 6:30 P.M. Clifford the Big Red Dog is a character many of us have loved since our own childhood and he is being brought to life on stage in this interactive musical that you and your family are going to want to come out, enjoy and join the fun as Clifford, Emily Elizabeth and all their Birdwell Island friends embark on an adventure filled with fun, singing, dancing and so much more! Bring your family out to The Smith Center for all of these fun-filled shows in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada!

Now one step closer to having their own NHL team, Las Vegas, Nevada was recently approved to participate in the second phase of the expansion application process. To make it through the first phase the ownership group of the prospective Las Vegas franchise submitted the original application along with the $10 million dollar application fee, $2 million of which is non-refundable. In phase two the league will be questioning the ownership and plans for how they will finance or have the ability to pay the expansion fee that is reported to be as much as $500 million, the league is interested in the Las Vegas market and their expectations of the team’s sustainability as well as securing an arena (which is currently being built on the Las Vegas Strip). The third and final phase in the process includes finalizing the expansion fee and all the formalities in the expansion process. Here is the full statement from Jim Foley and Vegas Wants Hockey as they announced their invitation from the league to continue the expansion process.

“We are pleased to report that the NHL has invited us to participate in Phase 11 of the application process. In this phase, we will be providing the League with additional information requested by it, including information about the Las Vegas market. We will also be permitted access to information provided by the League that it deems important to us. We are hopeful that at the conclusion of this phase the league will invite us to participate in Phase 111.”

Even if the expansion goes through (and it is very likely it will) the team is not expected to play for another two years or a year after the new arena that is being built in Las Vegas will open for business. Names for the new team are still being discussed with options ranging from The Las Vegas Aces, The Outlaws, The Desert Devils, The Las Vegas Sin, The Rat Pack, among many others. Keep your ears open Las Vegas it looks as if you are about to get your first National League team in the Vegas Valley!